the clay courts are very well maintained and the club is fantastic too.
i always come back with a few extra pounds after a week in manavgat with all inclusive
btw, just played the ITF Grade1 tournament in Mallorca. more than 700 participants and the level of play rises every year

the clay courts are very well maintained and the club is fantastic too.
i always come back with a few extra pounds after a week in manavgat with all inclusive
btw, just played the ITF Grade1 tournament in Mallorca. more than 700 participants and the level of play rises every year

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Sounds very VERY nice! I am all set. I dont think i will get to play the Team-event so I will be there for the individual event starting March 24. Will play both singles and doubles.

Sounds very VERY nice! I am all set. I dont think i will get to play the Team-event so I will be there for the individual event starting March 24. Will play both singles and doubles.

What age-category do you play in?

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45+ , playing singles and mixed. no team event for me either. i´m from austria, and there are lots of better players
i´m really looking forward to it, may come a day or two early to practice on the red clay, since there is no playing outside at that part of the year at home

45+ , playing singles and mixed. no team event for me either. i´m from austria, and there are lots of better players
i´m really looking forward to it, may come a day or two early to practice on the red clay, since there is no playing outside at that part of the year at home

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Ah! Mixed! There is mixed as well? How does it work with mixed? Sign in at the event or in advance like singles with ipin?

We start to play on clay in Sweden mid april at earliest, so i have to find a club with Teppich-Granulat to get atleast some clayslide-feel.

Ah! Mixed! There is mixed as well? How does it work with mixed? Sign in at the event or in advance like singles with ipin?

We start to play on clay in Sweden mid april at earliest, so i have to find a club with Teppich-Granulat to get atleast some clayslide-feel.

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well, you can sign in advance if you have a partner.
if you don´t, at ´normal´itf tournies you can sign in at the event as well.
there are usually always some who look for partners. that goes for all doubles events.
it´s my first world championship though, so rules might differ. best to wait for the factsheet to check the rules

looking forward to this event.
I am going with my girlfriend. Both 50+ this year.
We will be doing Singles, dubs and mixed each.
Will get a in a few days early to do some practice, and watch some of the teams play in the week prior to the individual events.
Ciao

looking forward to this event.
I am going with my girlfriend. Both 50+ this year.
We will be doing Singles, dubs and mixed each.
Will get a in a few days early to do some practice, and watch some of the teams play in the week prior to the individual events.
Ciao

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Same as me. I´ll arrive on the 22nd and get some good clay hours at the 23d and 24th. It will be a lot of tennis and that is needed just when looking at the al inclusive buffet

looking forward to this event.
I am going with my girlfriend. Both 50+ this year.
We will be doing Singles, dubs and mixed each.
Will get a in a few days early to do some practice, and watch some of the teams play in the week prior to the individual events.
Ciao

i´ll arrive on the 22nd as well. won´t be easy to get court time. have you looked at the entry list? more than 500 in singles alone

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Yea! It is massive amount of players! There is a clay court club a couple of minutes to the west of Ali Bey, with 10 courts. Atleast it looks like it when looking at google-maps. Next to a soccer-field. Maybe it will be possible to practice there?

Yea! It is massive amount of players! There is a clay court club a couple of minutes to the west of Ali Bey, with 10 courts. Atleast it looks like it when looking at google-maps. Next to a soccer-field. Maybe it will be possible to practice there?

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worth checking out, thanks. let´s hope not everybody googled it
two years ago, there were over 600 competitors and the place was full.
we managed to get half hours of practice once or twice, that was all

worth checking out, thanks. let´s hope not everybody googled it
two years ago, there were over 600 competitors and the place was full.
we managed to get half hours of practice once or twice, that was all

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How do you book the practice courts? Is it a players desk like on the pro-tour where you book those kind of things?

I will play singles, mixed and doubles so at least i´m guaranteed to be on court 4 times (with consolidation in case of loss 1:st rd singles)

Mine has been severely hampered by the weather! I was supposed to have a warm-up tournament this weekend, but I've had to withdraw for a coaching course.

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Moz! Are you going to play the World Champs after all!? I thought you was going to skip this year!? Or is it the Team competition you are playing?

Weather in Sweden is extremely cold for the season. They even put up a Category 1 warning for heavy snowfall this 24 hour period and we expect -20 (-4 farenheit) celsius. This time last year we had +15 celsius (59 farenheit)

it´s snowing here in Austria. once or twice i get to play on indoor clay.
looking forward to the sun in Turkey
moz, the last time i checked there were hardly any players in that Portugal tournament. do you expect a good field?

Treblings - I can't find evidence of anyone entered, even myself! Where are you looking?

Last year the field was small but looked like a decent standard.

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log in with your ipin and you get directed to a calender of all tournaments this year. just click on your tournament and entry list for your age group.
it´s fun to go there from time to time to see who´s playing what and look for results

well, i´m back home in the snow after a week of sun in turkey.
i´ve played quite a number of ITF tournaments but the quality of play
was nothing compared to what i saw here in Manavgat. there were simply no
bad players around(except maybe me)
my first round opponent was from turkey and beat me easily 1-0 while i tried to get a feel for the claycourts. he was too good, having played at challenger level in the 90´s.
seriously, it took me the whole week to get used to playing outdoors on soft clay in windy conditions.
luckily my partner and i won our first round in the mixed against a russian pair before losing to two brazilians.
the whole experience was amazing and i´m looking forward to 2014 in Florida.
i´ll try and post some videos over the next few days.
check out the ITF Seniors facebook site for excellent pics.